One of Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s longest serving board directors, Richard Schifter, has stepped down and will be replaced by longtime Caesars executive and former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst, the company said Friday in a regulatory filing...

Matt Maddox, the newly appointed CEO of Wynn Resorts Ltd., during an interview with Review-Journal reporter Rick Velotta on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotograph Wynn Resorts Ltd. has named CEO Matt Maddox and former Wall Street banker Richard Byrne to the board a day after the company announced it reached a truce with its largest shareholder, Elaine Wynn...

MGM Resorts International appointed travel industry executive Jan Swartz to its board of directors amid growing scrutiny about board diversity in the United States. The MGM board will now consist of 12 directors, including four women, above the national average. Swartz oversees Princess Cruises and Carnival Australia for Carnival Corp., the world’s largest leisure travel company...

The board of Wynn Resorts Ltd. is weighing its options in figuring out its next step, experts say. “Purely from a future liability standpoint, in terms of possible future class action lawsuits, it would make sense for the board to figure out the breadth and depth of sexual harassment,” said Carliss Chatman, assistant professor of law at Northern Illinois University. “Is it enough to get rid of Wynn or is the issue cultural and systemic?” Steve Wynn ...

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has made repeat appearances on the list of highest paid CEOs. The millions she could take home if she and Yahoo were ever to part ways has been the subject of much attention. But following a board inquiry into her executive team’s handling of epic data breaches in 2014, she’ll be taking a sizable pay cut...

The new year has started off well for Steve Wynn. The Wynn Resorts Ltd. chief executive officer last week received $12.5 million in company stock as part of his 2016 compensation package, up from $8.75 million in stock a year earlier, indicating he may receive his highest payout in years. Wynn Resorts developed a new executive compensation package in 2014 that slashed Wynn’s fixed salary from $4 million to $2.5 million and divided his performance compensation into both shares and cash...

Seven members of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board will have at least 31 applicants from which to choose two public members to round out the nine-member board when it meets Jan. 12. The board took applications through noon Monday, fielding nearly 20 new applicants in the hours preceding the deadline. Among the high-profile contenders on the list of applicants: Long-time Southern Nevada real estate developer Mark Fine, 70...

Elaine Wynn was asked why she undertook a costly and nasty proxy fight to regain her seat on the Wynn Resorts Ltd. board of directors . Instead of answering directly, she refocused the question. “Maybe that's something you should ask the company,” Wynn, ...

According to the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Wynn said former Gov. Bob Miller, a board member who headed the nominating committee, told her following the Feb. 24 meeting that she wasn't going to be selected for another term...

The company also challenged Elaine Wynn's comments that her removal would leave the company with an all-male board of directors . In the proxy statement, the Wynn board said it plans add another independent director and “intends to prioritize women and ...